chowderhead

chowderhead [chou-der-hed] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Slang. a stupid person; blockhead.

Origin of chowderhead 1825–35; compare British dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phonetic variant of cholterhead, dialectal variant of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equivalent to jolt-, jolter- (probably akin to jolt, but sense uncertain) + head Related formschow·der·head·ed, adjective Examples from the Web for chowderhead Historical Examples of chowderhead

Once I took care of Chowderhead, I didn’t care what the cops did.

The Hated

Frederik Pohl

Somebody sneezed, and it sounded just like Chowderhead sneezing.

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Frederik Pohl

Chowderhead had a ladylike little sneeze; it went hutta, real quick, all through the mouth, no nose involved.

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